Add the liquor store phone number on your contact list to not miss a call from the liquor store.

5. Find Your Way to a Great Whiskey Bar

Guarantees don’t come from cheap products in the real world.

So, if you are really determined to taste the best bourbon, then keep the cash flowing.

Hit as many of the whiskey bars and restaurants across the country as you can.

Target bars and restaurants that sell limited-release whiskey, and be prepared to shell out your pennies. Like, $50-plus-per-exotic-shot.

6. Take Pictures of the Shelves

You might befriend someone who has a store that does not mind their customers to keep their phone out. Be careful not to upset them.

Try sneaking out and taking a snap of the picture on the liquor wall.

This is a big task in bourbon hunting as it allows you to read the image later.

Don’t try to remember all of the prices as you may forget them before even reaching home. You are not an X-men!

So to be on the safe side, take a photo.

7. Never Give Up

Bourbon Hunting is a game of numbers. You should never stop your search after only 1 or 2 random stores.

You use to be able to visit 2 or 3 bars and score the bourbon you wanted. It no longer works like this!

A good bourbon hunter will know that hunting requires an ample amount of time and hard work.

Patience is a virtue! An impatient individual might return home empty-handed. They may be close to their bourbon but their impatience will win out and they will walk awayempty-handed.

Even if you are short on cash and are determined to finish the hunt, keep walking. You might come across some nice overpriced bottles, but it is always a possibility that you find a cheaper one at the next stop.

8. Use Google Maps

Google Maps will help you find liquor stores near you. This will make bourbon hunting easy for you.

Maps will also help you add a label to the location that you have already visited. It will act as a reminder of the places you visited.

You can employ the following symbols for your use:

Starred/yellow star – Been to, nothing interesting.

Favorites/red heart – This is worth going back

Saved/green tab – Places left to visit

9. Look for Oddly Sized Bottles

All bourbons are available in 375 ml, 750 ml, or 1 and 1.75 L bottles.

Earlier, America didn’t allow the metric system to infect our boozing and products came in pints, quarts, and gallons.

The most popular was the flask pints.

Oddly sized bottles may seem odd as the name suggests, but who knows what they have in store for you?

Question: Ever wondered why a 750 ml bottle is called a fifth?

Answer: It is just because before the metric system it was labelled 1/5th of a gallon.

10. Don’t Act so “THIRSTY”

Avoid acting like you have been thirsty for good bourbon for ages.

A lot of liquor store owners assume their unsold bottles are the ones to push on someone when they are desperately looking for rare bourbons.

So, avoid sprinting into stores aggressively demanding rare bourbon.

Learn to determine the age of the bourbons from the bottle.

Also, learn how to read a barcode. The numbers will tell you who bottled the bourbon and when was it done.

You can be a good bourbon hunter or a bad one depending upon the skills and patience that you possess.

You are fortunate if you live in a town with more than one liquor store.

There are chances that one of them has a proprietor with the good sense to sell the good stuff at retail price.

The demand for rare bourbon is high and the fiery bourbon hunters are many, so it is certain that many of these bottles never make it to the shelves.

Do not under any circumstances walk into a store and ask them if they have the rarest bottle of bourbon.

Also, don’t follow the distributor’s truck from the used bourbon barrelwarehouse to the store. Avoid calling the stores and asking them for bottles.

Prefer walking in and viewing the selection yourself.

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